<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head lang="en">
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title></title>
    <style>
        @import url(http://fonts.useso.com/css?family=Open+Sans);

        body {
            background: #ddd;
            background: linear-gradient(#ddd, #e8e8e8);
            font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;
            height: 100vh;
            margin: 0;
        }

        .thumb {
            width: 400px;
            height: 300px;
            margin: 70px auto;
            perspective: 1000px;
        }

        .thumb a {
            display: block;
            width: 100%;
            height: 100%;
            background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)), url("../img/bird.jpg");
            background-size: 0, cover;
            transform-style: preserve-3d;
            transition: all 0.5s;
        }

        .thumb:hover a {
            transform: rotateX(80deg);
            transform-origin: bottom;
        }

        .thumb a:after {
            content: '';
            position: absolute;
            left: 0;
            bottom: 0;
            width: 100%;
            height: 36px;
            background: inherit;
            background-size: cover, cover;
            background-position: bottom;
            transform: rotateX(90deg);
            transform-origin: bottom;
        }

        .thumb a span {
            color: white;
            text-transform: uppercase;
            position: absolute;
            top: 100%;
            left: 0;
            width: 100%;
            font: bold 12px/36px "Open Sans";
            text-align: center;
            transform: rotateX(-89.99deg);
            transform-origin: top;
            z-index: 1;
        }

        .thumb a:before {
            content: '';
            position: absolute;
            top: 0;
            left: 0;
            width: 100%;
            height: 100%;
            background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
            box-shadow: 0 0 100px 50px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
            transition: all 0.5s;
            opacity: 0.15;
            transform: rotateX(95deg) translateZ(-80px) scale(0.75);
            transform-origin: bottom;
        }

        .thumb:hover a:before {
            opacity: 1;
            box-shadow: 0 0 25px 25px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
            transform: rotateX(0) translateZ(-60px) scale(0.85);
        }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="thumb">
    <a href="#">
        <span>the optimist lives on</span>
    </a>
</div>
</body>
</html>